I *love* this. On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Dale Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Richard, > > I took the liberty of "adapting" your dance a bit then called it last night > at a dance in Elsah, Il. The crowd of about thirty dancers was a fairly > even mix of experienced dancers and first or second timers with a wide > range of ages (Teens to 80's). > > The revised instructions I used were: > > Make groups of three people--gender doesn't matter. If it doesn't come > out even, make one or two groups of two people so everyone gets to dance. > > Make a big circle holding hands with the people in your group, then turn > your group of three together to face right. Like spokes on a wheel. > > Notice who's closet to the middle of the big circle. That's the INSIDE > person. > > Everybody walk forward (promenade holding hands). > > Make a circle of three and circle to the right. > Circle left. End with the inside person facing both partners. [Note it > doesn't matter which way the group as a whole is facing] > > Inside person with right hand partner: Clap (self); clap (self); Clap both > hands with right hand partner; pause a beat. > Inside person with left hand partner: Clap(self); clap(self) Clap both > hands with left hand partner; pause a beat. > Inside person with left hand partner: Allemande right (about 3/4ths) > Inside person with right hand partner: Allemand left once. > Repeat the allemand's until the caller says "Swing" then inside person > swing (or two hand turn, or...) the one they are with.[*] > Extra people go to the middle of the circle and mess around with each other > (that got a laugh) Mingle; Improvise. > When caller says "Promenade" the swinging couples make the spokes of the > wheel again and extra people join in as the new inside person. > > [*] Last time through the caller says "As a group of three, Swing" to end > the dance. > > There was mild confusion particularly at the transition from clapping to > allemandeing. There was also a lot of laughing and smiling. I'd say it's > a hit. > > Thanks, > > Dale > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Richard Fischer < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually I've just recently written a dance for threes. It meets only > some > > of Rickey's criteria, and I haven't yet tried it out on my kids at > school, > > but I will soon. I'll paste it below, and if you give it a try, I'd love > to > > hear how it went! > > > > Richard > > > > Mixer for Groups of Three > > > > Tentative Title “Near and Far” > > > > to the tune Beaumont Rag > > > > Richard Allen Fischer > > > > (numbers refer to beats) > > > > A1 (first time through) Promenade CCW in groups of three (16) > > (Note who the inside-track person is.) > > > > A2 Circle left (8) and circle right (8) in groups of three > > End in a spoke-like line with inside-track person facing out of the > circle > > to their partners, and their two partners facing in towards them > > > > B1 (Clapping pattern: clap, clap, clap, rest. First two claps with > one’s > > own hands, last with a partner) > > All clap own hands twice, then inside-track person with > nearest > > partner (4) > > All clap own hands twice, then inside-track person with > distant > > partner (4) > > All clap own hands twice, then inside-track person with > nearest > > partner (4) > > Boogie/Clog/Improvise (4) > > > > B2 Caller says “Choose Near” or “Choose Far.” Inside-track person > swings > > one partner, and the other partner goes to the center. Folks in the > center > > are encouraged to improvise on their own and with each other during > B2. > > > > Dance begins again with (and proceeds with) > > > > A1 Promenade CCW with partner; folks in center join a couple as the > > inside-track person. > > > > Dance ends with > > > > B2 Caller says “Choose Both!” Swing all three. > > > > Notes: Some playfulness/dodging/blocking expected with the clapping in > > B1. Center dancers are discouraged from rejoining their old group. In my > > school setting I would use the calls in B2 to avoid awkwardness about > > choosing; in other setting calls might not be needed. Again, in my school > > setting, swing can be a two-hand turn, elbow turns, ballroom position > > swing, etc. > > > > > > > -- > *So if you knew what was broken...how long would it take you to fix it?* > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
